Summer
By Bryce Nielson
As the smoke still lingers in the Bear Lake Valley and the
leaves start to turn, we are about ready to enter fall. The dry summer weather seems to want to
persist. As I think back on years gone
by the weather we experiencing is not typical.
Normally, by the first of September, the first frost would have
come. All the tomatoes, squash and other
vegetables would be withered vines. This
year my tomatoes are still going strong but the deer have broken in an eaten
all my squash and beans. We may have
experienced the first light snow or fall rains by this time but not this year.
The summer was hot, for Bear Lake, and essentially
windless. This is the second year that
we have not experienced a “Bear Laker”.
A constant wind from the north for at least three days. The smoke in the skies robbed many a tourist
of a beautiful Bear Lake Valley photo.
It didn’t seem to stop them from visiting as the number of people that
came to the Lake was phenomenal. I found
myself impatient to turn onto the highway facing endless lines of
vehicles. UTV’s (side by sides) became
the vehicle of choice for many visitors.
I had a fellow on one of my lake tours state that he had never seen so
many UTV’s in one small town before.
This was a hummingbird summer. For some reason, their numbers were
abnormally high in late July and early August.
Maybe they had a bumpers crop of chicks or the dry weather made them
more dependent on the feeders. They did
consume a lot of sugar water and have started their migration back to central
America. All, of the magpies around my
place up and left in June. The was not
one around all summer. They finally returned
in September after Labor Day. Apparently,
they did not like the crowds.
People are still coming to Bear Lake with the continuing
good weather. September is becoming less
of a shoulder month. If the local
businesses didn’t make money this summer need to reevaluate what they are
doing. Is the climate changing? Obviously, it is but the reasons are not well
understood. As one who has spent many
cold times here, I am not complaining.
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